-that one Slytherin party that Remus consolidated his status as Casanova of Hogwarts, turning up in all black, half drunk, smoked out and a little high. He had his scars on full display and his shirt unbuttoned a little low, his eyes were smeared with a pencil eyeliner, his hands and neck coated in silver jewellery. Blood on his knuckles, whiskey in his throat, anger in his stomach.
Chapter Summary: You thought everything was going so so great…
Pairings: Draco Malfoy x Fem!Reader (platonic)
Warnings: Cursing, magical objects, Mugglephobia, classism, charms and curses, might miss some warnings
Wordcount: 4.1 k
Notes: If you see something say something, come on and party tonightttt woooo
You placed your broom on its stand over the common room table, taking advantage of the fact that there was no one there, it was late at night, the next day, you had a free first period so you could have a late night study session with your… muggle studies partners in crime
Theo and Matt
This week was the start of the Quidditch season, and you were so excited you had to give your broom their monthly maintenance
“Alright so… muggles use this…. thing… called electricity”, muttered Theo reading his book, “and that is why they have synthetic light… and something that is called a Television?”, he said with difficulty
“Synthetic? but how?”, you asked, as you were trimming the edges of the bristle of your broom
“What is a television?”, asked Matthew
“Well, according to the pictures… apparently Muggles lock little people inside a box and watch them perform for their entertainment”, said Theo
“How little?”, asked Matthew, rubbing his chin, Theo showed him a picture, “that can’t be right”, he muttered, squinting at the old picture
“No, slavery was abolished in both Muggle and magical world long ago”, you said
“But maybe those anti-slavery laws don’t apply to these little people”
“So… muggles have like… house-elves? but in the shape of tiny humans?”, you asked
You three took long moments to ponder on that fact, and Theo turned the page around
“We are gonna fail muggle studies”, he said, frowning, “apparently there is no such thing as little people locked in a box”
“So what is television?”, asked Matthew, Theo kept frowning, reading forwards
“It doesn’t say”, he said, “but in the course introduction the professor said we were going to watch a… what the muggles call a movie”, he muttered, “and it is perform in a television”
“movie, what is that?”, asked Matthew
“Sounds fun”, you offered
“It’s like a play, only… you watch it in a box”
“That’s odd”, muttered Matthew, you knew he was burning on the inside, but he had kept himself from saying horrible comments of the muggles, he was actually interested, rather than disgusted, or that is what it seemed like.
“But how are we going to watch it, if we need electricity?”, asked Theo
“What was electricity again?”, you asked. Theo kept reading
“It doesn’t say”, he concluded. He kept reading the book you had taken out of the library, and while he do it, you started polishing the handle on your broom, with a big jar of Fleetwood's High-finish handle polish
“Right now?”, he asked
“Quidditch season is about to start”, you said simply, “I have to keep my place in the team”
“Alright we need to choose an Muggle item and do a couple of parchments on it”, muttered Theo, “the topic is… items you can find in a muggle house”
“Professor Burbage gave us a list”, you said, walking to the table to reach your piece of parchment
“What is a.. rubber duck?”, you asked, nobody knew
Things were looking up in school, Defense against the dark arts had finally reached the level of interest that you knew it could reach, you were having so much fun with Professor Lupin and after the boggart that professor Lupin had managed to catch, he had also ACTUALLY showed you Red Caps, that were a small goblin-like creature that enjoyed blood baths. Then you went onto Kappas, actually went into the black lake to gaze upon them, monkey-like creatures with scales instead of fur
You were enjoying it only too much, you had begun to flinch every time Draco would mock how Lupin dressed, until you made him stop. And he did, with grumbles, but he did
There was a lot of things Draco had stopped doing because of you, or in behalf of you
And you felt terribly guilty because of how much fun you were having in Muggle studies, and you will rather be caught dead than admit it, and theo did as well, but you were having the most fun
Not Matthew though, you tried to really get to him, if he was truly enjoying the classes and he really, really wasn’t.
You were curious about muggles and the way they lived but once you started uncovering it, Matthew felt rather… disgusted by them, now hating them with actual “evidence”, that they were weak, and strange, different from us, that they didn’t do magic…
You felt guilty after every class, because you were actually hiding the fact that you were in that class altogether.
There was no way of stopping Draco though, because, Care of magical creatures had become so boring and dull… Hagrid had lost all motivation, and he was scared of introducing you to more creature so he had you looking after the more dull creatures in the land, some worms and whatnot
But luckily, there was always Quidditch
You were on the field, with your Nimbus 2001 and Draco by your side.
It was Marcus Flint’s last year ever, and he seemed truly excited, and determined, to win the cup for Slytherin -again-
“I want Malfoy and Basilik”, he said, determined, you and Draco shared excited looks, he wasn’t even going to put you on “trial” to stay on the team. Adrian will also stay on his position as Chaser alongside you and Marcus , so, there was little change to many’s dismay
For the second year, you were the only woman on the team, even though there were older girls wanting to tryout
Marcus had you by his side on the air as he did actually oversee the tryouts, even though the team was full, he wanted to have spares for each of you, in case something may befall you
“Do you really want me on the team?”, you asked Marcus, he looked back at you
“You score like five goals for match, of course I do”, he said, and you were so relieved that nobody could wipe the smile of your face for the rest of the day
Fall was approaching quickly, and with it, came heavy rains, storms and later the powerful winter, but you were excited for the Quidditch winter gear as last year Quidditch season was canceled due to the attacks by the Basilisk and the chamber and all that, this year… nothing or no one could ruin this season.
Nothing
The team, luckily for you, stayed the same as last year, Marcus, Adrian and you as chasers, Peregrine Derrick and Lucian Boyle as beaters, they were both fifth years, and then Draco as a seeker, and Miles Blatchley as the Keeper.
You were feeling confident, you had played together last year, you had a great start.
What concerned you, and also Marcus… was Draco… he lost the snitch last year because he was too busy trying to mock Potter, and he needed to let that go if you were to win against Gryffindor that was your very first match, in around a month or so
Marcus gave you the training schedule, and thanks to himself and Snape, you had very good schedules, three times a week, right after classes.
You were having fun in your classes, you were on the Quidditch team, and now… Halloween was coming soon
And with it, your first weekend in Hogsmeade
“I’m so excited to go to Hogsmeade”, yous aid as you took a seat with difficulty on the common room couches
Your buttocks and thighs hurt like hell, after the first week of Quidditch training, but it was because you hadn't use the broomstick on a while
“Our very own all-witching town”, said Draco with a smirk, “my father was not going to let me go, since Black is at large, but I told him he would never dare to come near us”, he said
“Do you really think he would come here? To Hogwarts?”, asked Blaise, taking a seat on the opposite couch
“You know, they say he is insane!”, said Draco, “The minister himself said that he heard him chanting, “he is at Hogwarts! He is at hogwarts!” he clearly is coming here to murder Potter”, he said so happy.
“Why?”, you asked him, :you never told me the real story”
“Nobody knows the full details”, he said dismissively, “but it's said that he was a spy, for the Dark Lord, against the blood traitors, so, he revealed his true colors by betraying the Potters, telling the Dark Lord about their location”
“So he is a snitch”, you mocked
“For the Dark Lord”, said Draco with a smile, “now he will finish what he started, he will come here to kill Potter, because he is the one that made the Dark Lord go away”
“So a murderous maniac is coming into the castle to kill Potter, and you are ok with that?”, asked Theo
“It seems crazy to me, why would he come to Potter while he is in the Muggle world?”, asked Pansy, “wouldn’t that be easier?”. that made Draco chuckle and Pansy blushed scandalously.
“Anyways, who wants to talk about Potter?”, asked Matthew, “Maybe Black will do us the favor of getting rid of him so he’ll stop ruining every school year”, you all laughed. “What I really want to know is… who wants to go to the shrinking shack with me?”, he asked and he looked at you
“They say is the most haunted house in Europe!”, said Theo excitedly
“But they say it's impossible to get in”, you muttered sadly
“Well, because we have never tried before”, mocked Matthew
“What I want to know is… if Hogsmeade is an all-wizard community, will we be able to do magic there?”, asked Daphne
“No, I don’t think there is a loophole there, I think no underage wizards are able to do magic outside of Hogwarts, ever”, said Blaise
“I can’t wait to get to Zonko’s”, said Matthew with a big smile, “buy some Dungbombs”
“As long as you don’t throw them in here”, mocked Theo
“I want to go and check out…”
“Honeydukes”, answered Draco for you, and you felt your cheeks heated but nodded enthusiastically
“Yes, I want to try the fudge”, you giggled, “but also… the Dervish and Banges”
“Oh yeah, the wizarding equipment shop”, said Blaise
“Yeah, and afterwards, we can go to the three broomsticks and have some butterbeer”, said Matthew
“Yes!”
“Totally!”
Days went by quite quickly, and soon, you were giggling with Pansy and Daphne in your room.
Your boots that even though had heels were really comfortable, and you were so happy with the things Pansy had made you buy when you spend that day together in Diagon Alley, as you put on your new favorite jacket
“You look so cute, but… for who?”, she teased
“Nobody”, you said mindedly, you knew she had
“I bet it’s for Theo”, Daphne said with a somewhat dark tone that sounded a bit mean
“no, not really”
“Matthew?”, teased Pansy
“No!”, you said loudly, “no one!”
With heated cheeks you went to meet everyone outside, the boys were giggling and snickering as you walked to them, and Draco seemed crossed to a blushed Matthew
Draco smiled at the sight of the three of you
“Ready?”, you asked excitedly, Filch was in the entrance, checking names from a list, as it was the first time for you all third-years, you were all in the courtyard
“Remember, those visits to Hogsmeade village are a privilege!”, said McGonaggal with her serious face, “should your behavior reflect poorly to the school, it will not be extended again”
You all nodded for her to just let you go, and you started the walk to the village, you looked away when you walked by the dementors guarding the gates to Hogwarts.
It was already 31st of October, Halloween! you were going to spend all day in Hogsmeade and then the famous Halloween feast! your smile couldn’t be erased off your face
You were a big group, even amongst your friends… the village appeared in front of you and you were so happy, but your group of 10 didn’t split.
First you came across the post office, which impressed you with a hundred owls, of all sizes and color, some of them could fly internationally! you wondered if you could train Umbra to go to France and back
“Let’s go to Honeydukes”, you didn't even realize Matt was this close to you, but the rest of your friends was going the other way
“Oh”, you doubted, you didn’t want to split from the group, but it would be rude if you refused him, so you nodded and started walking with him. Draco and consequently Pansy noticed, so they stayed behind and went with you
Matthew now seemed crossed, but he didn't say anything as Pansy and you stuck your faces into the big showcases filled with different flavored fudges
You bought a box
“I would like a marble, the one with strawberries, mint, white chocolate, and the one with dark currants”, you started picking yours, and Pansy chose her own box
“I’ll pay for that”, muttered Draco
“No, it was my idea, I’m going to invite her”, said Matthew, you and Pansy exchanged looks, “you invite Parkinson’s, I’ll invite Basilik…”
“I ALWAYS pay for Basilik’s treats”, said Draco angrily
“Guys”, Pansy was over the moon, you were even concerned for this weird development, you took out sickles for your box, but Matthew grabbed your hand and payed himself, alongside his own treats, and Drco, with a frown, payed for Pansy and his own
“Thank you Matt, you shouldn’t have”, you whispered
“You are most welcome”, he said with a smile
The group had walked away already, you catched a glimpse of MIlicent and Vince turning a corner
You looked back and catched Draco and Matthew gazing at each other like they were challenging one another to some duel or something
“We can go to Zonko’s”, you suggested, and Matthew then came out of his stupor, looked at you and nodded, and you four directed yourselves there
Zonko's joke shop was brilliant! you had never thought about jokes and tricks before, but you had an amazing time inside it
You could try everything they sold in there, and Matthew bought a bunch of stuff, you yourself even bought a “tempest in a bottle”, it was a glass bottle that contained, as the name entailed, a little storm
It was supposed to be a prank, to make it rain inside a room, once released, it would release a storm for fifteen minutes, but it looked so beautiful inside the bottle that you probably just were going to let it sit on your nightstand
This time, while Matthew wasn’t looking, you paid for his dungbombs
“Only Basilik would but a tempest in a bottle just to look at it”, teased pansy, grabbing into your arm as you walked down the street
“I found it truly mesmerizing!”, you said with a wide smile
“Let’s go to the shrieking shack!”, said Pansy, pointing at a street that led to the outside of town
“Yeah! let’s do it!”, said Matthew, you shared concerned looks with Draco, you were not the bravest of the bunch but you didn’t want to seem cowardly in front of Pansy and Matthew, and well, you were four, and had your wands with you, what could go wrong?
You reached the last barrier of the house, a poorly made wired fence
You doubted, but you were also skeptical, it seemed like an abandoned house, just that, and you had heard that it was the most haunted house in Europe, but not because an awful massacre had occurred there, only because… so… it couldn’t be that bad, right?
But as you were walking down a narrow road, you stopped suddenly as Draco had spotted something in the distance
“What’s that!?”, he asked, pointing, when you saw a huge, huge black dog. he came at you, with a quick pace
“Look!”, you shrieked, “A doggy!”
“Ah!”, Draco screamed, scared, “I don't know what that thing is but it is not a dog!”, Matthew seemed scared, but you and pansy came close to it, and he let you pet him, at least, he looked lke a “he”
“Nonsense, look how cute!”, yes it was true it was an abnormally large dog, but he let you get close enough to pet him, he cooed under your touch, “hey doggy, are you alone? Do you have a home?”
“Basilik for Merlin’s sake leave that animal alone, maybe what kind of diseases it has!”, said Matthew.
Caressing unknown dogs was a dangerous thing, even for wizards, but you couldn’t help it, the dog smelled you your hands and face
“Are you hungry boy?”, you asked, but you didn’t have anything with you, and right now, you couldn’t conjure or transfigure anything, as you couldn’t do magic outside of school.
“Basilik, for the last time, please, leave that dog!”, muttered Draco
“it’s hungry!”, you said, you looked into your bag, and you found a muffin you were not going to eat, as you cast a small spell, to turn it into mince meat, small spells were not that detectable, and then you gave it to the dig, who eat it earnestly
“Please, can we go now? we promised we were going to go to the three broomsticks”, said Draco
Taking this huge dog to the school was out of the question, it broke your heart to leave him, until… he left you first, with a last -what you thought was- a sad look, the dog trotted away quickly, so you didn't felt as bad that you couldn’t take him if he didn’t want to go with you
“Let’s go, and please wash your hands”, said Draco, and you and Pansy walked back to town and to the three broomsticks to meet with the others.
You couldn’t stop giggling and talking about what a great time it has been as you walked back to the castle right at sundown
And now it came something even better
You and hold onto the fudge and not eat it right away, because the feast was waiting for you
Halloween was your favorite holiday
The candles in the skies where pumpkins, above them near the clouded ceiling, were bats flying haphazardly, and all around the candlesticks and torches were orange streamers. It looked great like always.
The food, as always, was creepy and delicious, you even managed to get several servings of profiteroles filled with ice cream and bathed in chocolate.
At the very end, the ghosts popped out of the wall, they floated around, and started reenacting their deaths… Even the bloody Baron told your table… how he died…
And nearly headless Nick told gladly the story of his infamous name.
As you were leaving the great hall, you ended up next to Potter, to which Draco couldn’t help but whisper
“The dementors send their regards, Potter!”
You were doing a bit of flaunting the things you had bought to your friends in the common room, when Marcus himself strode inside the room
“That fudge looks good Basilik, give me some?”, he asked, reaching, you snatched your box away and looked at him angrily
“Wanna’ lose a hand there Flint?”, you threatened
“I’m your quidditch team captain!”, he said, entertained
“Try me”, you said, and he removed his hand.
All the Slytherins were in the common room, all too excited by the feast, the sugar and the visit to Hogsmeade to go to sleep, but you didn’t have too
The Head Boy -who you couldn’t name right now- came rushing in, along with the head Girl
“Black has entered the castle!”, he said hastily, all houses have to present themselves in sleeping attire in the great hall
It was mayhem in the common room, and you didn't know if you had to be scared or excited
You all were back in the common room, that was not dressed in Halloween anymore, the tables had disappeared, it stood empty, but the candles and ceiling were still there. Dumbledore stood taller than most
"The teachers and I need to conduct a thorough search of the castle," he said out loud, white the big doors being closed behind you, "I'm afraid that, for your own safety, you will have to spend the night here. I want the prefects to stand guard over the entrances to the hall and I am leaving the Head Boy and Girl of each house in charge. Any disturbance should be reported to me immediately”, he was set to leave the hall, but then he turned around, "Oh, yes, you'll be needing...", the floor, from one second to the next, was covered with hundreds of very thick, comfortable-looking purple sleeping bags.
"Sleep well," said Dumbledore, closing the door behind him.
Not even two seconds and the hall buzzed alive with giggles, conversations and more, you came together with your friends, feeling so excited.
Clearly Black wasn't a threat to you all, but, this was kind of exciting, having a massive sleepover with your entire house! and well, the other houses were there as well
“Quiet!”, demanded the older Weasley, ever the waterparty
“Weasle relax!”, said your own head boy, which made you smile
You wasted no time in accommodating yourself near Draco, but as Pansy looked at you with pleading eyes, you decided to step back a few paces, sleeping rather than by his side, putting your heads together.
“Boys on one side, girls on the other!”, commanded Weasley, but students started booing him.
You were accommodated in some sort of a circle, Matthew had accommodated by your side, you would have preferred to sleep around your girlfriends, but they were scattered around the group, Pansy seemed all too Happy, and Draco had managed to place himself on your other side.
“How do you think Black entered the castle?”, asked Matthew whispering at you
“Well, a castle this big, has to have secret passageways”, you said, “Black was a student here, he probably knows more of its secrets”
“That makes sense”, said Pansy
“But you’d think that as a Wizard as powerful as him would know how to apparate”, said Greg
“You cannot simply apparate into Hogwarts”, said Draco, “its enchanted, and protected by spells that doesn’t allow apparition and other irregular ways of magical transportation”
“So he could have only walked right through the gates, then”, said Theo
“Yeah, without being seen, or catched by the dementors”, mocked Tracy
“Do you think they would come in here?”, you asked
“Dumbledore hates them, he couldn’t have possibly let them in”, said Draco with a frown
“Well even though there is a murderous maniac running around inside the castle, I think this is kinda cool, like a big sleepover”, you said with a smile
A couple of hours passed as you started to fall asleep one by one, Draco’s stormy eyes found you in the night
“Are you alright?”, he asked, as he saw you couldn’t sleep. You were a bit concerned, a strange sensation in the back of your throat, professor’s trelawney’s “prophecy” played in your mind over and over.
“Yes, yes”, you whispered, you tried to move, but Matthew had rolled over and was stuck to your back
“Don’t you worry, is Potter he wants, not pure blooded wizards such as ourselves”, he said softly, you smiled
“I know, we are not in danger because of Black, is just, Professor Trelawney freaked me out in her first class, she said that I was going to find what I was looking for, and other things that I was going to become complete, and… I think it's because I'm going to find out who my father was but… I’m scared”, you confessed
“Why?”, he asked back
“He is probably dead, or, what if he is not, what if he had done terrible things? what if he was a terrible person?”
“I don’t think he is”, he said softly
“Then why would nobody tell me who he is? everyone seems to know who he is!”, you said
“I don’t know”, he said sincerely
“Do you think your parents would tell me if I ask them?”
“I think they wouldn’t dare cross Cercille”, he said
“You are right”
“QUIET OVER THERE!”, and booing was heard again to shush Weasley
“But I think I feel guilty, I’m having such a good time and this is just looming over me, like, I have to think something is going to go wrong because I’m so happy right now”, you explained softly
“You are right, that’s it”, he said, nodding, “you will find out who he is, whomever it is, and I will be there, and Cercille, and my parents”, he offered.
“Thank you”
“You never told me what class are you taking instead of Divination”, he wondered
“You are never going to believe this”, you said apologetically
during his time teaching as mad eyed moony, barty crouch jr. was never really around students, we all know he had worries but the ravenclaws seemed to be the most affected class by it. classes cut short or the professor not even bothering to show up. it seemed the kids known as teacher's pet had finally found someone who could not stand them. if people only knew it was not true.
he couldn't stand the ravenclaw classes. he didn't even want to get up in the morning knowing they were in his schedule, not out of spite but out of love.
because in the back of the class, there was always two very knowing blue eyes that barty crouch jr. knew way too well. and he could honestly not stand the fact he was in the same classroom as luna lovegood, a child he loved as his own, knowing she would never know him or how much her mother meant to him.
Why are these MC characters in Hogwarts legacy so attractive like stop making me fall in love with you. I know you are not real. But that doesn’t help me not be attracted to you like for example Sebastian, Ominous and I know there’s another bitch out there, but what the fuck. Is it just me? I can’t just be me.
